Baseball a main passion for Rockets' Cecil

12:04 AM,
Jun. 26, 2013

Baseball: Oak Harbor vs Western Reserve at Bellevue High School on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Written by

Kevin Shields
Sports writer

AJ Cecil asked his mother if he could miss his Oak Harbor graduation to play in an American Legion doubleheader a few weeks ago.

Tari Cecil, who does everything she can to facilitate her kids participation in sports, vetoed this idea. Cecil followed his mother's orders and attended graduation. But his mind could never drifted far from wondering what was happening to his legion friends on the ball diamond.

"I'm so passionate for baseball," Cecil said. "Not to say that I didn't love the other sports I played, I did. But baseball has always been No. 1 for me." ...